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Quote: Originally Posted by Hiro An RTOS does not guarantee a smaller footprint, it only guarantees real-time schedulability. The OS X kernel is only a few MB in size, everything else is GUI, drivers and additional desktop OS support. Adding all…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nht A dual core 1Ghz cell phone with 512MB+ of RAM and gig of storage? Are you kidding? For an RTOS developer that's not constrained at all. In constrained environments we don't even write C++ but C. No helpful abs…
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Quote: Originally Posted by anonymouse You mean, commit corporate suicide? The demos are showing a promising start so far.
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Quote: Originally Posted by jz1492 But the big question remains whether the QNX embedded platform is suitable as a general purpose computing device. QNX has always been the odd dog in the embedded space --- because they can self-host on a x86 …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dick Applebaum Isn't that a spec rather than a benefit? Also, doesn't the smaller footprint result, to a large degree, from: a) the ARM architecture; b) unneeded hardware removed (drivers, HDD, OD); c) economies of …
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Quote: Originally Posted by addabox More over, how is this any different from any other high end smartphone? They all sell for similar amounts unlocked, so we can make the exact same calculation as to the carrier's recovered costs-- indeed, sinc…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jahonen Yeah, Right: http://www.telecomsmarketresearch.co...atistics.shtml. Just one example right there. Others available if you can't find any. An a thousand times better? My, how much complaints we'd see on this …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dick Applebaum I understand the advantages of a RTOS... what I don't understand is what user benefits it will bring to a smart phone or even today's tablets. Please amplify. Users benefit from having a system tha…
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Quote: Originally Posted by noirdesir There is one small grammatical error in your post, the word 'carriers' should use the singular. In the US, where there is no competition at all between carriers regarding the iPhone, Apple tells AT&T what…
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Quote: Originally Posted by addabox I guess we'll see if RIM fumbled this by announcing and showing a tablet too early. If they can't deliver, if they have to start announcing shipping delays, it's just going to add to the sense that RIM is a co…
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Quote: Originally Posted by dehildum And twelve years behind Japan, where I could get 100M/s fiber service to the home in 1998 for US$20 a month. Of course, in Japan I had 128k/s connectivity, unlimited, via my mobile phone in 1997, or simultaneo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by columbus Another thing that came out is that parts aren't multi core optimised yet. It sounds like they have brought all this cool stuff (from QNX, Torch Mobile) but haven't appreciated how long it will take to mol…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Prof. Peabody So it's slower, smaller, and has almost no apps, but it will be the same price as the iPad? Hmmm ... That'll work! This part I don't understand. All the reports I have seen say that the entir…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nht So? the OMAP4430 is up to 1Ghz vs 1.5 Ghz for the 4440 and has less 3D playback. WTF does that have to do with using a 4430 in a phone? Nothing. This is a seriously dumb point. The A4 is used in both iPad an…
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Quote: Originally Posted by addabox I could see the whole Playbook thing turning into RIM's Copland, the Big Leap Forward that becomes hopelessly entangled in compatibility issues and keeps getting pushed further and further out. That's a majo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sflocal The need to play the hardware-specs trump card is becoming antiquated. While I'm sure faster hardware can make badly-written software seem to run better, in the end it comes down to optimization and taking to …
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But what took Palm years to do, RIM is trying to do it in months.
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Quote: Originally Posted by ny3ranger Thats kind of like thanking the rapist for using a condom. Unfortunately they have so much lobbying power that they will keep making laws that benefit them. That's total BS. Silicon Valley companies are m…
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Quote: Originally Posted by addabox Unfortunately, in the US at least, there is a near duopoly on a supply constrained product in huge demand-- cellular bandwidth. That makes AT&T and Verizon into monsters, for the time being. But it is s…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mdriftmeyer Are these people [Telcos] full of brass balls or what? They steal $200 Billion over decades from the Taxpayers on promises/assurances of full fiber build out and now they want Apple to foot the bill? …